#4CBCA8#4CBCA8

#4CBCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBCA8
RGB	rgb(76, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -36.60, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.61, 179.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1059 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.106 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0284, 40.3272, 43.3450)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBCA8 #BC4C60

analogous

#4CBC70 #4CBCA8 #4C98BC

triadic

#4CBCA8 #A84CBC #BCA84C

tetradic

#4CBCA8 #704CBC #BC4C60 #98BC4C

square

#4CBCA8 #704CBC #BC4C60 #98BC4C

split-complementary

#4CBCA8 #BC4C98 #BC704C

monochromatic

#27675C #379483 #4CBCA8 #79CDBE #A5DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4CBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBCA8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBCA8	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c1',
    500: '#4cbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbca8;
$custom-light: #89d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBCA8

secondary

#CA99A2

accent

#536AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBCA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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